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İGA has chosen an innovative design by AECOM and Pininfarina as the
winner of an international design competition for the regional Air
Traffic Control (ATC) tower and technical building at the Istanbul New
Airport. Unusually, the winning entry marries influences from the
aviation and automotive sectors, with strong architectural design. The
AECOM and Pininfarina collaboration was chosen from a total of six
entries from international architectural teams, including Zaha Hadid,
Fuksas, Moshe Safdie, Grimshaw-Nordic and RMJM.

The win marks AECOM’s first collaboration with Pininfarina, the design
house renowned for its car designs for Ferrari and Alfa Romeo, among
others. The collaboration combines the expertise of AECOM’s
architectural and engineering teams with Pininfarina’s distinctive
architectural style that epitomises speed and movement, influenced by
automotive design.

Yusuf Akçayoğlu, chief executive officer of İGA, said: “One of the
world’s largest aviation projects, Istanbul New Airport’s air traffic
control tower will be an iconic structure, visible to all passengers
travelling through the airport. We were looking for a striking design
fit for a 21st century airport while remaining sensitive to Istanbul’s
unique heritage. We received excellent designs from all over the world
and are delighted to announce the AECOM and Pininfarina team as the
competition winner.”

The ATC will be the landmark for Istanbul New Airport, which is set to
be the world’s largest new airport in terms of annual passenger
capacity. The competition scope was to deliver the concept designs for
the tower, showcasing contemporary sustainable architectural design that
reflects the multi-cultural and historical characteristics of Istanbul
city.

The AECOM and Pininfarina design evokes the aerodynamic forms used in
automotive and aviation design, and includes an elliptical tower that
will be visible to all passengers flying in and out of the new airport.
The tower shape is inspired by the tulip, which has been the symbol of
Istanbul for many centuries and is an important cultural reference in
Turkish history.

Jennifer Dixon, head of architecture, Europe, Middle East, India and
Africa, AECOM, said: “In this competition, our aim was to combine the
dynamism and romance of Pininfarina’s architectural style that is so
influenced by automotive design with AECOM’s in-house aviation
architecture capabilities. The AECOM and Pininfarina team has created a
beautiful and highly functional piece that rekindles the excitement and
glamour of modern air travel at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.”

Bernardo Gogna, senior vice president and director of global aviation,
AECOM, said: “Our approach to this competition was to combine the
expertise of a different design industry with AECOM’s in-house aviation
architecture and engineering capabilities. Our goal was to bring
Pininfarina’s values, which are grounded in tradition and craftsmanship,
to the world of aviation. The result marries pure iconic beauty with
true innovation.”

Paolo Pininfarina, chairman of Pininfarina, said: “The Istanbul ATC for
the New Airport is an iconic building, destined to become a landmark for
Istanbul. Our aim, as with all our projects, was to develop a bespoke
idea that embodied our partner’s design identity while at the same time
bringing a new aesthetic perspective. By leveraging the unique
combination of our 85 years’ experience in design – from cars to
superyachts, and from luxury products to furniture – with our
architectural knowledge gained from several projects around the world,
we have been able to create a technologically advanced structure of
distinctive character.”

The design competition is the latest win for AECOM at Istanbul New
Airport. Earlier this year it was appointed by İGA to deliver designs
for all the airside works at the airport. The new airport will have an
initial capacity of 90 million passengers per year. It will be located
on the European side of the city, 35 kilometres from the centre on a
site adjacent to the Black Sea. Subsequent planned phases will expand
the airport to include six runways and three terminal buildings. When
all phases are complete, the airport will have an annual capacity of up
to 200 million passengers.

İGA is a consortium of five leading Turkish contractors comprising
Cengiz, MAPA, Limak, Kolin and Kalyon. İGA was awarded the concession to
build Istanbul New Airport as the engineering, procurement and
construction contractor and will also be the operator. In October, İGA
secured a €4.5 billion loan from a group of six banks for the first
phase of the project.

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